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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. MONDAY, APRIL 25, 1932.
CONTRACT BRIDGE:
By W. E. McKenney.
you
Secretary, American Bridge League.
Partner
an
MENINGITIS CASES.
QUESTIONS AND RESOLUTION FOR TO-MORROW
The fortnightly meeting of the Sanftary Board will be held to- morrow at 4.10 p.m. The agendu Includes the following items:
Leiters from Government lative to the amendment of tho following By-laws: (a) Aerated Water Manufactories, (b) Dairies, (c) Bakehousea, (d) Laundries, (0) Food-preserving Establish
ments.
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When partner opens with original one no trump, he advises that hin hand contains
Letter from Government re- general supporting strength or at least two and ono-half quick lative to the Conditions of Grant promises specially. tricks, therefore any two of n Koverning
tako Heensed under Section 78 of the sult bid with which you
and Buildings partner
weakness Public Health out Ahows
Ordinance, 1903, for the sale of rather than strength
food usually sold in a market. Letter from Government has practically said that he can support almost any latiye to the reorganization on bid that you make, or he can con- modern lines of the Medical and thue with the no trump, therefore Sanitary Services of the Colony. If you hold a strong five-card mafor suit, you should bid three rather than two and partner will vither go back to his no trump or will support your bid to four If You were to bid only two hearts, you would say to partner, "I really belleve we will lose less tricks playing this hand at two hearts than you will pinying it at one no trump,"
Bun-
Of course, if you were to bid two hearts and that was the only weak spot in partner's hand, he would go two no trump, or he might even jump the contract to Three no trump as he knows that you have denied any real porting strength and he cannot depend upon you to raise his contract of two no trump to three. However. there
very few hands that It pays for partner to go back to no trump as you have
anth suit. denied with
be warned especially he should against going to three no trump over your two of a suit hid.
more
When you overcall partner's original one no tramp with three of a major, you advise him that your hand contains a good five- card suit or a very strong four- eard major sult, and at least a side ace or king. You further inform partner that you wish him to take you to four of your suit, or if this is the weak spot in his hand, to go to three no trump.
When you take partner out of his original one no trump bld with three of a minor, you show a long minor suit or at least a strong five-card suit with a side ace or king, and you demand that partner carry the contract, to three no trump or to support your minor. While it is very seldom that handa of this type will produce five odd with a minor suit where they will not produce three odd at no are a trump...nevertheless there few hands that game can be made only in the minor suit.
raise
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Letter from Government lative to the burial of the bodies of Naval ratings of non-commala stoned rank Cemetery.
in the Colonial
Questions.
Dr. R. A. de Chalro Basto, pursuant to notice, will ask:
"Will the Head of the Sanitary obtain the Department kindly necessary partlculara in reply to the following questions for the information of this Board viz.:
at
the
i. As the causative organism of Cerebro-spinal Meningitis has been found to belong to several groups or types. has there been uny attempt
typing organisms isolated from the caseR occurring in the present epidemic? ii. If this has not been done, will the Government consider doing so immediately?
Hi. If on the other hand, this has already been done, which is the particular type of meningo- coecus responsible for the greater number of cases occurring in this present outbreak?
iv. Is the corresponding anti- type serum (as distinct from the usual polyvalent serum) being prepared, and if not, will the Government consider ita prepara- tion with regard to the present epidemic, seeing that according to the latest researches it has been found that the mortality rate is greatly diminished when the 'type' of organlam is known and the corresponding anti-serum employ. ed?"
Resolution.
Dr. R. A. de Castro Bastr pursuant to notice, will move:
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MAKE YOUR SELECTION
EARLY!!
THE FAMOUS
OCEAN
BATHING
SUITS
ARE HERE.
THESE ARE MOST
ATTRACTIVE, AND
OUR RANGES
INCLUDE
ALL THE NEW STYLES
PRICES ALWAYS
MODERATE AT——
FRENCH SUNSHADES
SUMMER HANDBAGS
-AND NOVELTIES.
LE BEAU
KING'S THEATRE BUILDING.
LOCAL
ESTATES
SIR NEWTON JOHN STABB LEAVES $500,000
Hongkong estate worth $498,400, with net personalty at Home amounting to £89,180 2a 7d, was left by the late Sir Newton John Stabb, banker, lato of Farnham Hall, Saxmundham, Suffolk, and No. 125, Oakwood Court, Kensing ton, Middlesex, who died at No. 7, Place, Marylebone, Portland Middlesex, on December 1, 1981. Re-scaling of certified copy beon granted to Mr. D. J. Lewis, and probate of the will and codicil has of Messrs. Johnson, Stokes
the Master, who is attorney for widow, Lady Ethel Mary Stabb, of Farnham Hall, the solo executrix named in the will, which contains a number of family bequests.
of
"That in the opinion of this Board it is desirable in the public interest that more effective mea sures be taken to check the spread
present outbreak of the Cerebro-spinal Meningitis in the Colony, including the organisation of an intensive health propaganda campaign for the purpose of in- structing the public both as If your hand contains just regard the methods of prevention fair five-card minor suit and and cure of this disease." suficient count: for three no
Report of the Committee trump, it is far better to
appointed to consider the pro rattner to three no trump than to posed changes in the Estimates show the weak minor suit,
of the Sanitary Department and When partner opena with anthe proposed Public Works Extra- original one no trump and the ordinary for the Sanitary Depart opponent puts in an intervening ment for 1933.
Correspondence relative to the Ruit bid and your hand contains a good four or five-card suit and application for the erection of five
to sufficient strength support European type water closets at pariner's no trump but does not No. 15, New Market Street and have the suit of the opponents No. 8, Connaught Road West, on stopped, you should show your Marine Lot No. 422. suit. This will show partner a hand containing strength and he
have sufficient count for three no whether can select
to support
the trump, abandon the heart suit and if he has your suit
bid three no trump. opponents suit stopped, to con- tinue with his no trump: e.g. overcalling an intervening bid by.
bids onc partner
1101 trump. overcalls with two opponents with two hearts, you hand show a atronger type of Ithan if you had bid two hearts over partner's one ne trump with show partner not a weak two-of-a- no intervening bid. Holding a sult take out, but a hand contain-weak hand with which you would ing at least one and one-half have ordinarily taken partner out
Re-sealing of exemplification of tricks, but not having the diamonds with two hearts if opponents had
your not bid, you should pass stopped, and furthermore,
letters of administration has been hand is not strong enough to go partner is now in no danger.
Remember that in contract granted to the Hon. Mr. W.E.L. to three hearts. If partner were
to respond with two now
no bridge it is carential to find out Shenton, of Messrs. Deacons, who trump, he would be denying up where the two hands fit best and is attorney for the administrator, port for your heart bid and would the proper deductions can only Mr. J. Campbell, No. 56, Bentinck be further stating that he had the be made by intelligent partner-Street, Glasgow, Scotland, a cousin
of the late Mr. Duncan Campbell. diamonds stopped. Now if you ship bidding.
opponent
diamonds.
or,
If you bid two hearts,
SALESMAN SAM
you
WHAT LUCK! I'LL JUST TAKE THIS 'BAG OF TOYS AND SPREAD 'EM AROUND AMONG TH KIDS I KNOW - IT'S NEVER TOO
LATE!
You must remember that in
AB
Schoolmaster's Estate.
The late Mr. Duncan Campbell, retired schoolmaster, Inte of Aino- Mura Nogasaki-Ken, Japan, who died intestate at the Matilda Hos- pital, Hongkong, on January 6, 1981, left local estate worth $21,400 while not personalty at Home amounts to £673 14s 2d.
He Got It!
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YA SURE
KICK OUTA THIS!
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